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World Uncertainty Index: Global: GDP Weighted Average (WUIGLOBALWEIGHTAVG)

Observations

Q4 2025: 94,947.060
Updated: Jan 15, 2026 2:36 PM CST
Next Release Date: Not Available
Q4 2025:  94,947.060  
Q3 2025:  106,862.200  
Q2 2025:  80,038.140  
Q1 2025:  48,145.700  
Q4 2024:  26,370.250  
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Units:

Index,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Quarterly

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Notes

Source: Ahir, Hites

Source: Bloom, Nick  

Source: Furceri, Davide

Release: World Uncertainty Index  

Units:  Index, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Quarterly

Notes:

The World Uncertainty Index determines uncertainty using the frequency of the selfsame word in the quarterly Economist Intelligence Unit country reports.

Please see Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom and Davide Furceri (2018), 'The World Uncertainty Index' for additional explanation.

Suggested Citation:

Ahir, Hites, Bloom, Nick and Furceri, Davide, World Uncertainty Index: Global: GDP Weighted Average [WUIGLOBALWEIGHTAVG], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WUIGLOBALWEIGHTAVG, .

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